# That’s a Mora: Rodrigo and Roma rise with Lazio to give Eternal City new life

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/thats-a-mora-rodrigo-and-roma-rise-with-lazio-to-give-eternal-city-new-life/
- Published: 2026-11-09T14:18:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T14:34:27+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/nov/09/rodrigo-mora-roma-lazio-rome-serie-a
- Topics: Entertainment, Europe, Sport, TV, World

## Key points

- Roma and Lazio are unbeaten after 11 league games.
- Roma beat Sassuolo 3-0 and have scored 31 goals.
- Teenager Rodrigo Mora scored for a third straight league match.

## Summary

Roma and Lazio have both gone 11 Serie A matches without defeat, an unprecedented start for two clubs from the same city. Their form has fuelled talk of a title race in Rome, though Lazio lead the table and Roma’s manager Gian Piero Gasperini called the prospect of a Scudetto derby a surprise.

Roma beat Sassuolo 3-0 to recover from a midweek defeat by Manchester United, taking their league goal tally to 31 in 11 games, the most prolific start by an Italian side in decades apart from two previous teams. Rodrigo Mora, 19, scored for a third consecutive league match, while Lazio drew 1-1 with Napoli. The clubs’ support has differed sharply: Roma drew 64,674 for Sassuolo, while Lazio’s home attendances have been around 10,000 amid a supporters’ boycott.

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